KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Two senior U.S. officials have flown
in to Sudan to review security at their embassy following the
killing of a U.S. aid official in Khartoum, staff said on
Sunday.

The U.S. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield arrived in the capital
with the Director General of the U.S. Foreign Service Harry
Thomas, officials said.

"First and foremost they are here to talk about security
relating to the embassy after what happened," said Walter
Braunohler, a spokesman for the U.S. embassy in Sudan.

John Granville, a 33-year-old officer with the U.S. Agency
for International Development, was shot and killed while being
driven home from New Year's celebrations in Khartoum in the
early hours of January 1.

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Granville's driver Abdelrahman Abbas Rahama, 39, was also
killed in the attack.

The U.S. embassy in Khartoum has refused to comment on
whether they suspect Granville was targeted by terrorists.

Sudanese security services said they uncovered a plot to
bomb Western interests in Khartoum in August.

Thomas-Greenfield met Sudan's Minister of Foreign Affairs
Deng Alor on Saturday and assured him the shooting would not
affect their diplomatic relationship, said Braunohler.

The U.S. officials arrived in Khartoum on Friday and were
due to leave on Monday, he added.